Kaan Ekiner and Mark Felger, writing in the Delaware Business Court Insider, discuss Centerview Partners Holdings v. David A. Handler, 2025 WL 1720039 (Del. Ch. June 20, 2025), a case that stemmed from a dispute over Handler’s partnership status at Centerview, an investment bank. Vice Chancellor Bonnie W. David dismissed all counterclaims filed by Handler against Centerview and related entities. The ruling affirmed an earlier court’s findings in a books and records action by Handler against Centerview that he was never a partner in the company, and applied collateral estoppel to preclude Handler from relitigating those factual determinations. This decision reaffirms that factual findings in summary proceedings, such as books and records actions, can have a preclusive effect on subsequent plenary actions.
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